στενοχωρέω
stenochōréō · G4729 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to live under restrictions, to be restricted, to be confined
To be under severe limitations or restrictions
Examples2 Corinthians 6:12 You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
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to be in great trouble, to be hemmed in with difficulty
To be in serious circumstances, with the implication of no escape or way out
Examples2 Corinthians 4:8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
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to not respond with affection to someone, to close one’s heart to
(An idiom, literally: to be restricted in the bowels) To restrict one’s affection for someone
Examples2 Corinthians 6:12 You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin+ ἐγώI, we 1
- ἐνin+ σπλάγχνονaffection, compassion, heart 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐnot 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- To be in great trouble, to be hemmed in with difficulty22.19
- The verb describes being pressed by external affliction without being overcome. Paul writes, “we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing” (2 Corinthians 4:8).
- To not respond with affection to someone, to close one’s heart to25.54
- The same verb also describes an emotional closing-off toward another person. Paul tells the Corinthians, “You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections” (2 Corinthians 6:12).
- To live under restrictions, to be restricted, to be confined37.18
- The same verb, repeated in the same verse to describe the opposite direction of the relationship, also describes a constraint on one's freedom to act. Paul continues, “You are not restrained by us” (2 Corinthians 6:12).
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon στενοχώρω: (στενόχωρος; and this from στενός, and χῶρος a space); 1. intransitive, to be…
1. intransitive, to be in a strait place (Machon in Athen. 13, p. 582 b.); to be narrow (Isa 49:19).
2. transitive, to straiten, compress, cramp, reduce to straits (Vulg.angustio) (Diodorus, Lucian, Herodian, others; (the Sept. Josh 17:15; Judg 16:16; Isa 28:20; Isa 28:4 Macc. 11:11)): passive tropically, of one sorely 'straitened' in spirit, 2 Cor 4:8; οὐ στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν ἡμῖν, ye are not straitened in us, ample space is granted you in our souls, i. e. we enfold you with large affection, 2 Cor 6:12; στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις ὑμῶν, ye are straitened your own affections, so that there is no room there for us, i. e. you do not grant a place in your heart for love toward me, ibid.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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